In The News is a daily podcast from The Irish Times that takes a close look at the stories that matter, in Ireland and around the world. Presented by Bernice Harrison and Sorcha Pollak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Family of murdered backpacker Danielle McLaughlin seek Irish inquest
24 mins; March 02, 2025
Who will win and who should win at this year's Oscars
28 mins; February 27, 2025
‘My Irish friends are awesome’ says Elon Musk – who are they?
27 mins; February 26, 2025
Who is Alice Weidel, the unlikely leader of Germany’s far-right AfD party?
25 mins; February 25, 2025
Why are so many babies born by C-section in Ireland?
31 mins; February 25, 2025
One man’s search for his €750 million bitcoin fortune buried in a landfill
22 mins; February 23, 2025
What now for Ukraine as Trump turns on Zelenskiy
29 mins; February 22, 2025
Sex for rent: the hidden side of Ireland's housing crisis
25 mins; February 20, 2025
Just how capable is Europe of defending itself?
27 mins; February 19, 2025
The Omagh bombing inquiry: 'The engine of the car used for the bomb landed on my legs'
32 mins; February 18, 2025
The parents saying no to smartphones for their kids
22 mins; February 17, 2025
Why did it take ten years for Elizabeth Clarke’s disappearance to be upgraded to murder?
19 mins; February 16, 2025
The NFL is coming to Dublin but why are we paying €10m for it?
22 mins; February 13, 2025
Rubiales on trial: How the World Cup kissing controversy made it to court
26 mins; February 12, 2025
Coldplay Catfish: How one Irish woman lost €20,000 in a romance scam
23 mins; February 11, 2025
The myth of the monk - how Gerry Hutch came to be loathed, and revered, by so many
25 mins; February 10, 2025
Derelict Dublin: Why are there so many rotting buildings in the capital?
25 mins; February 09, 2025
Why the arts minister’s obsession with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is missing the point
27 mins; February 06, 2025
Can Donald Trump really end the war in Ukraine?
20 mins; February 05, 2025
What's behind Trump's Gaza takeover plan?
22 mins; February 05, 2025
From Kerrygold butter to tech: What will US tariffs mean for Ireland?
23 mins; February 04, 2025
'We believe in the healing power of God': How a religious sect in Australia left an eight-year-old girl to die
20 mins; February 03, 2025
The backstory to Disney's IRA thriller Say Nothing
23 mins; February 02, 2025
Ross Ulbricht: The online drug kingpin pardoned by Donald Trump
16 mins; January 30, 2025
Why are babies' births being investigated at Portiuncula Hospital again?
20 mins; January 29, 2025
Why do billionaires like Jeff Bezos pay less tax than you?
20 mins; January 28, 2025
How can Ireland prepare for its next weather bomb?
21 mins; January 27, 2025
As Trump’s deportations begin, what now for the undocumented Irish?
23 mins; January 26, 2025
The race against time to save lives in Gaza
19 mins; January 23, 2025
'He was obsessed with massacres and gore': What we know about the Southport killer
24 mins; January 22, 2025
What did President Trump do in his first 24 hours in office?
25 mins; January 21, 2025
Why could the US TikTok ban affect Ireland?
20 mins; January 20, 2025
‘A creep in a puffer jacket’: How a confidence trickster is scamming men in Dublin city
34 mins; January 19, 2025
Why did Israel finally agree to a ceasefire?
19 mins; January 17, 2025
How the super-rich played the blame game while LA burned
27 mins; January 16, 2025
How Ireland's next Government was formed
23 mins; January 15, 2025
Conor Pope: How dry January turned into dry forever
24 mins; January 14, 2025
Could the next government feature a Minister Healy-Rae?
23 mins; January 13, 2025
Can Michael Lowry still be government kingmaker now Moriarty Tribunal has resurfaced?
25 mins; January 12, 2025
Meta goes Maga - why Zuckerberg chose Trump
25 mins; January 09, 2025
'I've broken a needle in my arm while injecting' - the drug users at the first Supervised Injection Facility
22 mins; January 08, 2025
Hugh Linehan: What is Elon Musk's endgame?
28 mins; January 07, 2025
How to speak to young men about masculinity influencers
23 mins; January 06, 2025
How barrister Diarmuid Phelan was cleared of murder
29 mins; January 05, 2025
Golden visas: what we know - and still don’t know - about the scrapped scheme that lured millionaires to Ireland
18 mins; January 02, 2025
Too posh to police? Why garda numbers are falling
23 mins; January 01, 2025
How a ‘global forum’ promising billionaires became a small Dublin event with muffins
24 mins; December 31, 2024
Ireland 1994: what declassified documents reveal about the Troubles, a Russian snub and Jack's Army
32 mins; December 30, 2024
In the News: our podcasters review big stories of the year
25 mins; December 29, 2024
Roblox: what is it and are Irish children at risk?
19 mins; December 26, 2024
Moving to Australia: Instagram Vs reality
23 mins; December 25, 2024
‘Saint in a tracksuit’: Could first millennial saint bring young people to Catholic Church?
14 mins; December 23, 2024
Denis Staunton goes inside China's Christmas city
16 mins; December 22, 2024
Gisèle Pelicot case: How the trial that shocked France unfolded
41 mins; December 19, 2024
Kyran Durnin: a suspect is dead. What clues did he leave behind?
17 mins; December 18, 2024
Why did Israel single out Ireland and accuse Simon Harris of being 'anti-Semitic'?
21 mins; December 17, 2024
Sally Hayden goes inside Sednaya prison in Syria
24 mins; December 16, 2024
A deepening crisis at the Peter McVerry Trust
18 mins; December 15, 2024
House prices: why economists fear a 'painful correction'
21 mins; December 12, 2024
Luigi Mangione: Why do some Americans support a suspected killer?
23 mins; December 11, 2024
Syria: Lara Marlowe on the tyrannical al-Assad dynasty
